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Retiring from teaching High School Science and moving to a secluded ranch in Central Texas has freed me to write until I just can't stand it any more...I am still looking for that point and I do not really think I'll find it. I have been frustrated by lack

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Sciences > Physiology Explaining different blood types: 2 of 20
Blood types are determined by instructions given on a person's DNA. If a person has instructions for Type A blood, the blood cell membranes will include a certain A type protein within them. As the person develops, that particular protein will be accepted as "self" and that protein will never be attacked by that person's immu... More..
Sciences > Biology (Other) Do you believe in the Primordial Soup theory?: 1 of 7
The Primordial Soup theory has been around for at least five decades. Oparin believed that the conditions and chemical make-up of the Earth's oceans were optimal for the development of life on Earth. Scientists all over the world have been attempting to confirm this theory ever since.Elaborate experiments have been performed ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs My unusual garden story about weeds or pests: 12 of 65
The garden was to be a family event, so I pretended to know what I was doing as the children helped me plant everything we could think of. Each day, we went out in the evening and looked around to find little green shoots popping up along the rows we had carefully formed.We celebrated as the first blooms appeared on the tomat... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Remembering the Vietnam War: 2 of 8
I guess you could say that I was one of the younger teens at the time of the Vietnam War. I watched the reports on TV and knew of people who went off to war, but it was not personal because I had no close friends affected by it. It was something that happened to someone else.Then, I got lost and found the ugly truth. My fathe... More..
Health & Fitness > Prescription & Medication What is antibiotic resistance?: 1 of 4
Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria become unaffected by an antibiotic through many possible mechanisms. Two such mechanisms include survival of the fittest and sharing of genes that allow the bacteria to exist despite the presence of the antibiotic.Survival of the fittest rules even the smallest of organisms. In this ... More..
Health & Fitness > Exercise Tips Walking for sanity: 12 of 33
There was a time in my life when I had three teenagers living in my home. That should be plenty to explain why I would escape regularly out the door to my path around the ranch. It was the only place I could go where nobody would follow me.The hormone crew consisted of two boys, a senior and a junior in high school, and one e... More..
Education > Education (Other) Arming school employees for safety in schools: 3 of 6
Two months ago, I retired from teaching. After 26 years of teaching, I have come to a few conclusions about teachers and students. One thing I have observed is that teachers will do just about anything for the safety of their students.Several of my fellow teachers purchased and used germicidal sprays to kill viruses on their ... More..
Education > Secondary School Issues The importance of taking fire drills seriously in schools: 1 of 2
Seriously, the subject of fire drills can be quite comical. As both a former student and then a former teacher, I am reminded of a few interesting little situations that always make me smile. First, as a student, fire drills were welcome events that managed to interrupt many of our most tiresome activities, like taking tests.... More..
Sciences > Medical Science (Other) Nursing chronicles: Stories from the heart: 3 of 4
I am not a nurse. I am a high school teacher who has taught many future nurses. I am also the mother of a nurse.My daughter, as it turns out, is a very strong person. We raised her on a ranch where she endured two older brothers and many episodes of ranch tragedy. These included abandoned baby goats and sheep that we desperat... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Learning to cook: 25 of 31
First of all, you have to understand that my mother's idea of cooking was to pop a TV dinner into the oven. Next, you have to understand that I was a premed student in college. That said, it should be plainly obvious that I did not know how to cook.My husband did not have a clue that I did not know how to cook when we got mar... More..